convincing its c-band service customers to switch to the ExpressVu service may be a hard sell for Cancom, say satellite dish retailers….

Despite speculation that Central Part West is going the way of Models Inc., cbc saw the average viewing audience rise 24% between the second and third episodes….

In the shadow of the Referendum and the direct-to-home satellite hearings, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention takes off Oct. 28….

Almost two years since Kevin Shea, ytv’s first president and ceo, left broadcasting behind to join the ranks of the production community as president of Atlantis Communications, he’s returned to broadcasting, his self-confessed first love….

By now, more than 10,000 people from 102 countries are selling their television wares on the French Riviera at the 33rd annual mipcom international film and program market….

Andy Bird, senior vp and managing director for Turner Entertainment Networks International, says he’d be happy to go home from mip with two or three new series for The Cartoon Network, a satellite service launched by Turner in 1993 which plays…

Engineers in the midst of testing the distribution of digitally compressed broadcast signals advise post houses to caveat emptor if they’re thinking about investing in low-end equipment….

Months of negotiations have finally yielded affiliation agreements between Shaw Communications and the new specialty services, but problems persist in talks with Rogers Communications that have left the specialties in very different places. At one end of the spectrum, Showcase has…

After two years of negotiating to buy the company from John Labatt Limited, The Partners’ Film Company will likely belong to president and cofounder Don McLean within the next 30 days….

Last week’s melee of broadcast property swaps will strengthen the buying power of the CTV Television Network’s affiliate stations and may lend greater strength to applications for new services in the upcoming round of hearings….

Almost a year to the day since the crtc passed an exemption order to speed up the launch of Canadian direct-to-home services, the industry faces technical and regulatory roadblocks that will hold up competition until mid-1996….

The Women’s Television Network is budgeting $9 million for Canadian production next year, with funds going into four new Canadian series and into doubling the requisition for episodes 13 to 16 of Natural Angler, Girl Talk, Jane Taber’s Ottawa and Speaking…